International Museum Day
Museums and Equality: Diversity and Inclusion
17th of May 2020
Monfort Gallery Portorož and Meduza Gallery Koper celebrate the International Museum Day!
Slovenian museums and galleries invite you to view the digital booklet of posters dedicated to this year's International Museum Day, which is focused on the theme Museums for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion
Furthermore, we invite you to join us on the 18th of May 2020 at 11 am at a webinar organized by ICOM Slovenia.
Museums and Equality: Diversity and Inclusion – Can Museums Become Actors of Social Change?
During the seminar, we will discuss the social role of museums and their cooperation with local, national, and international organizations that promote the accessibility of cultural heritage to vulnerable groups. We are interested in how museums respond to change and how they react to difficulties.
Are museums merely custodians of cultural heritage? How much do they react to the social events around them?
Do museums fulfill the claim of bearing messages about equality, diversity and inclusiveness?
How do museums care for vulnerable groups and how much care do they devote to this area?
What is the potential of museums in promoting social change and working with NGOs concerned with the social inclusion of migrants?
Join us:
TINA PALAIĆ
Ethnologist and curator at the Slovenian Ethnographic Museum. National Coordinator for the European project Taking Care. She also works for Ethnographic and World Cultures Museums as Spaces of Care, collaborates on international projects Sharing a World of Inclusion, Creativity and Heritage and Access to Cultural Heritage for Vulnerable Groups. Screenwriter of the documentary Slovenian by Choice, created for the exhibition Africa and Slovenia: The Intertwining of People and Objects.
UROŠ DOKL
Curator and pedagogue at the Museum of National Liberation Maribor. Initiator of the humanitarian project Jakob, which was aimed at helping Syrian children in exile in Turkey, and co-author for the Museum for Peace program. The latter is dedicated to reflecting on the fundamental values on which modern Europe is based: freedom, peace, democracy, prosperity, well-being, solidarity, and diversity. Uroš leads workshops at MNOM, which promote tolerance, equality, and solidarity.
The webinar is set in two parts. In the first part, the guests will present their views on the discussed topics, in the second part there will be a conversation with every participant with questions and answers.
The webinar will end at 12.15. Access to the free webinar:
via the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82843329180 ,
with entering MMD ID in Zoom: 828 4332 9180.
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